Shine Solutions Group https://shinesolutions.com/ Trusted tech experts delivering value Fri, 08 May 2026 03:33:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/shinesolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Shine Solutions Group https://shinesolutions.com/ 32 32 175505739 Building a Lightweight RAG System with the AWS S3 Vector Buckets https://shinesolutions.com/2026/05/08/building-a-lightweight-rag-system-with-the-aws-s3-vector-buckets/ https://shinesolutions.com/2026/05/08/building-a-lightweight-rag-system-with-the-aws-s3-vector-buckets/#respond Fri, 08 May 2026 01:00:37 +0000 https://shinesolutions.com/?p=33206 Large language models (LLMs) can be used to help engineers analyze design documents and verify compliance with standards such as the Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM). In practice when attempting to add these documents to an LLM’s context, three issues often appear: A naive...

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]]> https://shinesolutions.com/2026/05/08/building-a-lightweight-rag-system-with-the-aws-s3-vector-buckets/feed/ 0 33206 Wiring AI with JIRA for effective testing workflows – An Experiment  https://shinesolutions.com/2026/04/30/wiring-ai-with-jira-for-effective-testing-workflows-an-experiment/ https://shinesolutions.com/2026/04/30/wiring-ai-with-jira-for-effective-testing-workflows-an-experiment/#respond Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:49:21 +0000 https://shinesolutions.com/?p=32813 Quality engineering in fast-paced Agile teams often runs into the same recurring challenges. Jira tickets arrive with vague or incomplete acceptance criteria. Test cases are written inconsistently across team members. When a test suite runs and produces dozens of failures, there’s rarely enough time to...

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]]> https://shinesolutions.com/2026/04/30/wiring-ai-with-jira-for-effective-testing-workflows-an-experiment/feed/ 0 32813 Moving Bedrock Solutions to Production with Defence in Depth Beyond Standard Guardrails https://shinesolutions.com/2026/03/27/moving-bedrock-solutions-to-production-with-defence-in-depth-beyond-standard-guardrails/ https://shinesolutions.com/2026/03/27/moving-bedrock-solutions-to-production-with-defence-in-depth-beyond-standard-guardrails/#respond Fri, 27 Mar 2026 05:37:16 +0000 https://shinesolutions.com/?p=32877 Only 5% of Generative AI tools reach production, and there is a good reason for it. The new world of AI tools is set to storm the market. In only the first half of 2025, more than $44 Billion has already poured into GenAI investment...

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]]> https://shinesolutions.com/2026/03/27/moving-bedrock-solutions-to-production-with-defence-in-depth-beyond-standard-guardrails/feed/ 0 32877 Ten tips for designing a useful REST service API https://shinesolutions.com/2026/03/16/ten-tips-for-designing-a-useful-rest-service-api/ https://shinesolutions.com/2026/03/16/ten-tips-for-designing-a-useful-rest-service-api/#respond Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:24:40 +0000 https://shinesolutions.com/?p=31981 I regularly build front-end UIs that talk to REST services. During this time I’ve found that some service APIs seem to have been built to accomodate change, whilst others seem to actively work against it. In this post I’m going to talk about some of...

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]]> https://shinesolutions.com/2026/03/16/ten-tips-for-designing-a-useful-rest-service-api/feed/ 0 31981 Building MCP: Your LLM’s New Backend-For-Frontend https://shinesolutions.com/2026/02/26/building-mcp-your-llms-new-backend-for-frontend/ https://shinesolutions.com/2026/02/26/building-mcp-your-llms-new-backend-for-frontend/#respond Thu, 26 Feb 2026 02:50:06 +0000 https://shinesolutions.com/?p=32444 Introduction Recently we had a client for whom we had developed a new set of public APIs, come to us wanting to build an agent to help customers decide what they need to purchase based on their situation.  Given the information is very specific to...

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]]> https://shinesolutions.com/2026/02/26/building-mcp-your-llms-new-backend-for-frontend/feed/ 0 32444 Shine Solutions Achieves AWS Premier Tier Partner Status https://shinesolutions.com/2025/12/10/shine-solutions-achieves-aws-premier-tier-partner-status/ https://shinesolutions.com/2025/12/10/shine-solutions-achieves-aws-premier-tier-partner-status/#respond Wed, 10 Dec 2025 02:37:49 +0000 https://shinesolutions.com/?p=32080 We’re excited to announce that Shine Solutions has been recognised as an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner – the highest level within the AWS Partner Network (APN) and a milestone achieved by only a select group of partners across Australia and New Zealand.  This recognition...

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]]> https://shinesolutions.com/2025/12/10/shine-solutions-achieves-aws-premier-tier-partner-status/feed/ 0 32080 Blue/Green ECS Deployments with CloudFormation https://shinesolutions.com/2025/11/17/blue-green-ecs-deployments-with-cloudformation/ https://shinesolutions.com/2025/11/17/blue-green-ecs-deployments-with-cloudformation/#respond Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:21:11 +0000 https://shinesolutions.com/?p=31919 Amazon introduced native blue-green deployment support in ECS, allowing simultaneous operation of old and new application versions. This strategy minimizes downtime and simplifies rollbacks. The article details how to modify an existing ECS service for blue-green deployments using CloudFormation, enabling more sophisticated and efficient application updates.

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]]> https://shinesolutions.com/2025/11/17/blue-green-ecs-deployments-with-cloudformation/feed/ 0 31919 Securing LLMs with Bedrock Guardrails for PII https://shinesolutions.com/2025/11/11/securing-llms-with-bedrock-guardrails-for-pii/ https://shinesolutions.com/2025/11/11/securing-llms-with-bedrock-guardrails-for-pii/#respond Mon, 10 Nov 2025 22:55:51 +0000 https://shinesolutions.com/?p=31768 As organisations continue adopting generative AI, one question consistently surfaces: how do we keep sensitive data safe when models learn from natural language? This post explores how personally identifiable information (PII) behaves in a GenAI world, why traditional data-protection methods fall short, and how Amazon...

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]]> https://shinesolutions.com/2025/11/11/securing-llms-with-bedrock-guardrails-for-pii/feed/ 0 31768 How to Set Realistic GenAI Expectations and Measure Real Impact in Your Engineering Team https://shinesolutions.com/2025/10/22/how-to-set-realistic-genai-expectations-and-measure-real-impact-in-your-engineering-team/ https://shinesolutions.com/2025/10/22/how-to-set-realistic-genai-expectations-and-measure-real-impact-in-your-engineering-team/#respond Tue, 21 Oct 2025 23:41:08 +0000 https://shinesolutions.com/?p=31852 CTOs are stuck between board GenAI expectations and engineering team scepticism The board wants to know why your engineering productivity hasn’t increased by 25-30% after implementing GitHub Copilot. Your CFO is questioning the ROI on AI tool licenses. Meanwhile, you’re caught between vendor promises of...

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]]> https://shinesolutions.com/2025/10/22/how-to-set-realistic-genai-expectations-and-measure-real-impact-in-your-engineering-team/feed/ 0 31852 NewRelic Workflows Migration via Terraform https://shinesolutions.com/2025/10/20/terraform-newrelic-workflows-migration-guide/ https://shinesolutions.com/2025/10/20/terraform-newrelic-workflows-migration-guide/#respond Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:12:46 +0000 https://shinesolutions.com/?p=31475 Introduction In the NewRelic deployment guide 2021, Terraform-driven NewRelic deployment was demonstrated using legacy alert structures: Fast-forward to 2024, NewRelic’s breaking changes have deprecated legacy alerts in favour of Workflows. Workflows offer a more flexible approach to incident management compared to legacy alerts, especially powerful for...

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